Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Ship of Theseus
This is about the philosophical idea ‘Ship of Theseus’ also known as ‘Abraham Lincoln’s Axe’…
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Readymade Babies
Lately, we are hearing a lot about these new ways of baby making. Makes us think – depending on who we are that either the world is becoming very modern or everything is collapsing…
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Declared Constitutionally Invalid
In a democracy, institutions were established to protect and nurture minorities who would otherwise be overwhelmed by the majority…
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Hindu, not Homophobic
In Hinduism, God is both outside and inside, formless (nirguna) and of myriad different forms (saguna): mineral, plant, celestial body, animal, half-animal, half-human, male, female, even half-female…
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The Supreme Court’s Manu Smriti
Published in Speaking Tree, ToI, on 12 Dec 2013. The puranas say that Manu was …
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Footprints of Pilgrims
The idea of Bhaarat is an ancient one, known to every Indian. It is not a political entity, but it is certainly an economic entity well known to pilgrims and traders…
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Celebration of uniqueness
The strong matters as it will survive; the weak matters because it enables others to survive…
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Birth of Death
To die, you must be alive, crave for life, withdraw from threats, seek protection and nourishment…
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Hearing Sita’s Silence
Draupadi as she screams for blood and demands vengeance, and not the quiet Sita who bears the brunt of Ram’s rule-following and decision-making…
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Beloved of Dushyant
I am no theatre critic but it was interesting to see how the same mythic framework of falling in love, separation, anticipation, rejection and finally reconciliation can be applied to a romantic story between a man and a woman as well as between a man and a man…
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Desperately Seeking a Role Model
In many ways our quest for the perfect role model failed us because life is not perfect and humans are not perfect…
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The Doubtful Reality of Histories
History, for the rishis, is how we use imagination to make sense of the world…
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The imagined absence of feudalism
While the feudal orders are frowned by the new world of politics and economics, the human desire to dominate cannot be underestimated…
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The Wheel has Many Spokes
At the center of the Indian national flag is a wheel. What does it represent?…
